TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ACCESS REGIME IN THE TURKISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET PROJECT

Beneficiary: Information Technology and Communication Institution

Project Start Date: 01/2008

Duration: 11 Months

Project Objectives and Results:

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the liberalisation of the Turkish telecommunications market along with the encouragement of the new entries to the market by improving the capacity of the Telecommunications Authority (TA) in compliance with the EU acquis.

The achieved results of the project are as follows:

Result 1: The necessary expertise and competence gained on the implementation guidelines of accounting separation and know-how on cost models that are essential for a cost-based access pricing regime as foreseen in the EU regulatory package

Result 2: Expertise and knowledge of EU countries utilised on the technical, legal and regulatory aspects related to local loop unbundling

Target Groups:

• Turkish Telecom Authority
• Stakeholders of Turkish Telecommunications Market

Reference Number: EuropeAid/123810/D/SER/TR